Box, cabinet, &amp;c.



PATENTBD MAY 26, 1903.

J. T. HOYT. BOX, CABINET, 6w.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3,1902.

Patented May'26, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMEST. HOYT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Box, cABmEnsLc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,345, dated May 26, 1903.

Application filed July 3, 1902. Serial No. 114,243. (No model.)

To on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. HOYT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Manhattan borough, New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boxes, Cabinets, and other Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of receptacles serviceable as boxes or cabinets for toilet-paper, circulars, and other matter or contents. In the manufacture of such articles, especially in large quantities, it is desirable that the boxes or the box-blanks and other parts constituting a cabinet be capable of being shipped or stored in compact form and be also capable of being readily assembled or completed when to be sent off or delivered to the retailer or consumer,

This invention resides in the novel features I of construction" set forth in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 shows the cabinet or box of this invention with one face sectioned off. Fig. 2 is a section intransverse direction to the section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows a roller or ejector with its bearing orgudgeon parts-and handle ready to be assembled or brought to: gether. Fig. tiS a perspective view of a blank partly formed into a box, but'still in condition to be pressed or packed fiat. Fig. 5 is a perspective view in opposite or different direction to that of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail viewjof the tab-sections, showing the reinforcement located between said sections.

- In the drawings is shown ablank with faces a a a For convenience of :description the face a canvbe called the front face, .the faces a side faces, and;the face a the rear face. These. designations, however, are not to be construed as in any manner limite ing the scope of the invention. Theso-called' front face has been found convenient to receive reading, advertising, or other matter-say a patent-date stamp or the like; but

this does not preclude any other face or any number or all of the faces being printed, decorated, left blank or plain, or otherwise treated as seen fit.

The blank for this box or cabinet can be or, rather, its lap a formed or died of one piece, comprising the four faces, with requisite top and bottom flaps and lap or securing portions for enabling the faces to be closed or secured in condition to form the four closed walls and also to form the required topand bottom of the .box or cabinet. One of the faces a is shown with a top flap a and bottom flap (1 and also alateral flap a, while. the other side face a has only the top and bottom flaps a a The lateral flap a forms a paste or. securing lap, which when glued or'seoured to'the back a will cause the four faces or walls a (r 0. a to be continuously connected or held together to form the four walls of the box. To facilitate folding of the blank, suitablecreases or dent-lines can be formed at the junction of the faces to one another and to their respective flaps. When the lap at is secured to the back, but the flaps still'left in a plane with their respective faces, such partlyformed box is still in conditionto be folded flat for packing ,or shipping.

When the blank has been brought to shape, with the front and rear walls a a spaced by or at a right angle to the sides aithe two top flaps a can be bent toward one another. The front a has a top flap of, which can be pasted or secured over the flaps a and forma closed top, or this flap. a' can have its lap a? secured to back a and thus close the top or secure the top flaps against opening. The faces a a have bottom flaps a o which can be glued or secured to bottom flaps a to form the box or cabinet bottom. The bottom flaps a a are cut or formed of reduced size or width, so

that the bottom of:the cabinet will be left 7 partly open.

A tab or support can be provided for holding the cabinet in-required position. The tab can be formed by sections a, one of which is shown formed by suitably. cutting a top flap The other tab-section is shown at the top edgeof back a When the box is complete, the tabesections are made to register or are united or glued together to form an attaching portion through which a suspending-nail or the like can be driven or passed.

One or both of the tab-sections can be reinforced. A strip g, of tin, linen, or stout ma terial, secured to or interposed between the tab-sections will give reinforcement or security against the cabinet being pulled or torn from its support.

An eyelet a can be secured in the tab, if desired, and will also serve as a reinforcement.

The cabinet being supplied with sheets, say, of toilet-paper or other material, such contents can be withdrawn as required through the open bottom. An ejector c is shown in the form of a roller. The front a and rear a" are shown perforated or provided with bearing portions a for this ejector-roller.

An expeditious way of mounting the roller is to have the ends thereof suitably bored or recessed, and when said roller is placed between the front and rear walls of the box and the axle portions (Z and e are passed through the perforations in the front and rear walls to engage with the roller ends the latter will be rotatively held in place. The axle portions, or one of them, can be formed as an eyelet. A handle f can be provided to rotate the ejector. This handle when formed as a button with a stem can have the latter pressed into one of the eyelets say the eyelet 6 at the frontand when this projecting button is turned its stem will rotate eyelet 'e and roller 0, so as to successively feed or eject sheets from the box. These parts, such as ejector c, with journals (Z c and handle f, being readily dismounted or assembled and mounted in place in the box or cabinet, the same can be compactly shipped or packed together with or separately from the flat boxblanks, and when to be used the blank, formed into a box, can have the other parts readily assembled or operatively mounted.

The box when charged can be closed at all points except the discharge-opening at the bottom, if so desired, or, if seen fit, a charge or filling opening can be provided or cut into a facesay the back a, which may be preferred, as it is concealed when the box is suspended with such back against the wall. This filling-opcnin g is shown round or tapering downward or toward the ejector, so that the sheets resting 011 or in proximity to this roller cannot slip laterally, or out through the back a of the roller. Such filling-opening also need not extend clear down to the ejector, but leave a rim or uncut portion projecting somewhat above the same. A sight-opening can be provided. One of the sides a is shown with a sight-hole a to view the interior or the contents of the box. Say a cheap-grade box is formed of pasteboard or the like which is worn-out, or practically so, when the sheets are all withdrawn, then the empty box can be cast aside and a new one, with contents, supplied in place thereof. Such box in that case can be regarded as a wrapper for the sheets or contents and the box and contents sold as an entirety or as a package or given away for advertising or other purposes. Manifestly, however, other plans of manufacture can be adopted. The box, if desired, can be shaped of metal, sheet material, or other substances-401' example, aluminium, which may be suitable 011 account of cleanliness, durability, or popularity, or for other reasons. Such details are included in the scope of this invention.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A blank for a box or cabinet comprising four faces, one of the faces having a top and a bottom flap and a lateral flap forming a paste or securing lap, another face having two bottom flaps and a top flap provided with a paste or securing lap, another face having a top and a bottom flap, and a face having two bottom flaps, said blank. having tab-sections to form an attaching or suspending portion or tab.

A blank for a box or cabinet comprising four faces, one of the faeeshaving a top and a bottom flap and a lateral flap forming a paste or securing lap, another face having two bottom flaps and a top flap provided with apaste or securing lap, another face havingatop and a bottom flap, and a face having two bottom flaps and a tab-section, said top flap with the securing-lap having the latter cut to form a second tab-section to register or unite with the first-named tab-section to form a suspending or support portion for the cabinet.

3. A blank for a box or cabinet comprising four faces, one of the faces having a top and abottom flap and a lateral flap forming a paste or securing lap, another face having two bottom flaps and a top flap provided with a paste or securing lap, another face having a top and a bottom flap, and a face having two bottom flaps and atab-section, said top flap with the securing-lap having the latter cut to form a second tab-section to register or unite with the first-named tab-section to form a suspending or support portion for the cabinet, and a reinforcement for the tab at one or both tabsections.

4. A box or cabinet comprising front and rear faces each having spaced bottom flaps to form a partly-open bottom for the box, a top flap at the front face, and side faces each having a top and bottom flap, said top flaps being made to unite or coact to form a closed top,

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and said front and rear faces having journal 4 or eyelet portions and an ejector or roller fitted into said journal or eyelet portions.

5. A box or cabinet comprising front, side and rear faces, top flaps at the front and side faces adapted to be united to form a closed top, bottom flaps at the several faces and partly cut to leave an open bottom, a roller or ejector removably journaled in two of the faces and having one of the journals of eyelet or tubular shape to form a seat or engag ing portion and a removable roller-actuating handle fitted into said seat or engaging portion.

6. A box or cabinet comprising a front, side and rear faces, a closed top, a partly-open bottom, and an ejector at said opening in the bottom, one of the side faces having a sight ing bearings one of which is adapted to reor inspection opening, and the rear face havceive a handle.

ing a filling-opening of circular or contracting In testimony whereof I have hereunto set shape toward the ejector to preventsheets my hand in the presence of two subscribing 5 resting on or immediately at the roller from Witnesses.

becoming displaced or sliding out of said filling 0pening JAMES T. HOY'l.

7. A box or cabinet comprising front, side WVitnesses: and rear faces, a partly-open bottom, and a CHAS. E. POENSGEN,

:0 roller or ejector at the bottom, said roller hav- E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

